And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Parallel translations
- WEB The inhabitant won’t say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein will be forgiven their iniquity.
- BSB And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
- NKJV And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”; The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity.
- NASB And no resident will say, “I am sick”; The people who live there will be forgiven their wrongdoing.
- NLT The people of Israel will no longer say, “We are sick and helpless,” for the Lord will forgive their sins.
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Quick answer
In the restored city no one will be sick, and the people's sins will be forgiven.
Overview
The chapter ends with a promise that joins healing and forgiveness: the inhabitants will not complain of illness, for their iniquity is pardoned. This links sin and its effects, showing that true restoration comes through forgiveness. It points to the gospel, where Christ forgives sin and ultimately removes sickness and sorrow in the new creation (Rev. 21:4).
Cross-references & the web
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- Jer 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
- Rev 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
- 1 Jn 1:7–9But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
- Exod 15:26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
- Jer 33:6–8Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Isa 58:8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
- Jas 5:14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
- Isa 44:22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
- Deut 7:15And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
- Isa 30:26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
- Mic 7:18–19Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
- 2 Chr 30:20And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
- Rev 22:2In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
- Deut 28:27The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
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